Sonoma County Grand Jury • 2006-2007

Fatal Incident Report*

3 pages

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Findings and Recommendations 5 findings

The "Law Enforcement Employee-Involved Fatal Incident Protocol" requires that investigations be conducted "free of conflicts of interest."

No recommendations for this finding

The primary agency that employed the officers involved conducted their own administrative investigation to determine: If the agency's policies and procedures were followed If there could be improvement in those policies and procedures • If any disciplinary action should be imposed against a particular individual or individuals.

No recommendations for this finding

The District Attorney's office, based on the evidence, reached its conclusions and issued a report for all the reviewed fatal incidents.

No recommendations for this finding

The Critical Incident Report Status Log prepared by the District Attorney's office for the grand jury to review was not sent in a timely fashion.

Related Recommendations (2)

The grand jury recommends that they continue to be notified as soon as an incident protocol is initiated.

The District Attorney must provide the grand jury with a copy of the Fatal Incident Report Status Log in a timely fashion on a quarterly basis. Required responses to Findings and Recommendations District Attorney, R1 and R2

The District Attorney's Office concluded there was not sufficient evidence of criminal liability on the fatal incidents reviewed. Conclusions The grand jury found that the fatal incident reports reflected thorough, detailed and unbiased investigations by those assigned to the cases. The conclusion of the District Attorney's Office is clearly based on all aspects of submitted evidence, photographs, witness statements and reports by involved personnel. The grand jury found that established protocol was followed in the incidents reviewed.

No recommendations for this finding

Conclusions 1

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The grand jury found that the fatal incident reports reflected thorough, detailed and unbiased investigations by those assigned to the cases. The conclusion of the District Attorney's Office is clearly based on all aspects of submitted evidence, photographs, witness statements and reports by involved personnel. The grand jury found that established protocol was followed in the incidents reviewed.

No Responses Found 1

Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.

Sonoma County District Attorney Elected County Office

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